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Girl name

Safah

100% girls · 19 born in 2025

Safah has been registered 683 times in England and Wales since 1996. It does not appear in the American record, which publishes only names given to five or more babies in a year.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Nicknames—
Recorded in England & Wales683
Born in 202519

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Safah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2007 · 46
  • Born in 202519
  • All time683
  • England & Wales, 202519

How popular is Safah?

Safah was given to 19 babies in England and Wales in 2025. Its best year was 2007, with 46 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Safah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Sarah0.85
  2. Avah0.81
  3. Savannah0.69
  4. Hannah0.68
  5. Savanah0.71
  6. Sariah0.70
  7. Farah0.70
  8. Ayah0.70

Middle names for Safah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Safah Eve0.80
  2. Safah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Safah Josephine0.78
  4. Safah Anne0.78
  5. Safah Rose0.77
  6. Safah Louise0.77

Sibling names for Safah

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Amanieither · 0.92
  2. Lilisister · 0.92
  3. Yasirbrother · 0.91
  4. Nanaeither · 0.91
  5. Liliansister · 0.91
  6. Imaneither · 0.91

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1996
  2. Peak year2007 · 46
  3. Years recorded30 of 30
  4. All time683

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Safah Anderson0.74
  2. Safah White0.72
  3. Safah Reyes0.72
  4. Safah Nguyen0.72
  5. Safah Moore0.72
  6. Safah Lee0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Safah

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. England & Wales1996–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020
  3. France1900–2025

Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scores on this page are explained in the methodology.